this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. pulling the plug — president trump walks away from negotiations over a multi—trillion—dollar covid relief deal to support the us economy. with coronavirus keeping trump off the campaign trail, his rivalfor the presidency — joe biden — tells voters that the country is in a dangerous place. a sharp rise of new cases of coronavirus in some of the biggest cities in the north of england amid warnings the current covid restrictions are not working. against all odds — how one of the world's most densely populated places has managed to control the spread of coronavirus.

music: jump by van halen and eddie van halen, one of rock music's greatest guitar players, dies of cancer. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. president trump says he's putting on hold negotiations over a stimulus package to help the us economy recover from the pandemic. earlier, he said he's prepared to go ahead next week with the second televised debate against his democratic rival joe biden, despite his treatment for covid and ongoing questions about his health. our north america editor jon sopel has this report.

when donald trump left the white house last friday, he appeared dejected, fearful. but, wow, his return last night couldn't have been more different. the former reality tv star knows how to make an entrance — and so had the white house turn into a made—for—television spectacular, all deliberately timed so it could be taken live by the network news bulletins who were on air at the time. and after striding off of marine one, he walked up to the south portico. and there, what was the first thing he did? he very deliberately removed his mask, even though he's still infectious. covid — what's there to be frightened of? don't let it dominate you. don't be afraid of it. you're going to beat it. we have the best medical equipment, we have the best medicines — all developed recently. and you're going to beat it. i went, i didn't feel so good. and two days ago — i could've left two days ago —

two days ago, i felt great, like better than i have in a long time, i said just recently, better than 20 years ago. although 210,000 americans have died and over 7 million have been infected, this was donald trump presenting himself as the warrior president who had seen off the hidden enemy. i stood out front, i led. nobody that's a leader would not do what i did. and i know there's a risk, there's a danger, but that's ok. and now i'm better — and maybe i'm immune, i don't know. there were numerous takes as the president, all the time without a mask, interacted with staff. and in swing state pennsylvania, there are some pretty entrenched views. president trump has not taken covid seriously from day one. and if he did take it seriously, we would not be in the situation, if, as a country, we addressed it. i think he tried not to scare the people. that's what it was, that's why he did what he did. i just don't understand

how he could contract covid, and then get released, and come out and get right on stage and take his mask off and start talking to people. that's crazy. his democratic rival, meanwhile, was campaigning in florida. he said he was glad to see the president back, but added this. anybody who contracts the virus by essentially saying, "masks don't matter, social distancing doesn't matter", i think, is responsible for what happens to them. the latest medical bulletin issued by the president's physician says that he had a restful night, was reporting no symptoms and his vitals were stable. but yesterday evening, after climbing the stairs, he was clearly gasping for breath. it may be there's a gap between the image he wants to project and a more fragile reality. 0ur correspondent lebo diseko is in washington. he is back in the white house, lebo, but already a walk back on what he

had been pushing through a few days ago, about a multitrillion dollar deal. yeah. i think a lot of us were taken by surprise when he made that statement on twitter. he has been on twitter all day, really, begins weeding about joe twitter all day, really, begins weeding aboutjoe biden, then twitching a false statement, saying that the seasonal flu was more deadly than coronavirus. that was marked as pulsed by twitter. then came the statement where he said that nancy pelosi and the democrat had been negotiating in bad faith and asa had been negotiating in bad faith and as a result, he was telling his tea m and as a result, he was telling his team to pull out of those negotiations, they would pass their own stimulus deal when they win the election, which seems like quite a gamble to take, really, so close to the election as well. nancy pelosi herself has responded. she said donald trump has shown his true colours walking away from the coronavirus relief negotiations and refusing to give real help to more children. i think that really shows you the polarisation and how much

relations between the two sides have really deteriorated here in washington. we saw a clip of joe biden injon‘s washington. we saw a clip of joe biden in jon's report washington. we saw a clip of joe biden injon‘s report a moment ago. we can listen to a liberte —— a little bit more of what he said today. today, we're engaged once again in a battle for the soul of the nation. the forces of darkness, the forces of division, the forces of yesterday are pulling us apart, holding us down and holding us back. we must free ourselves of all of that. joe biden showing how polarised the different supporters are. i was reading also, it was interesting, lebo, the democrats are not doing door—to—door canvassing because of fear of the coronavirus. it really does highlight the different

approach, doesn't it? it's really interesting forjoe biden has been really busy. that clip injon‘s report was in a town hall last night in florida. the part you displayed we re in florida. the part you displayed were pa rt of in florida. the part you displayed were part of an adjustment in gettysburg and has a vania, which as you probably know, was the site of one of the key battles in the civil war —— eddie's bird in pennsylvania. and also the site of lincoln's famous address, where he went back to this site where the battle had taken place and had torn apart the nation, and heal the divisions that have been made. and joe biden said, there is no more fitting place to talk about the cost of division, and really cast himself as a lead who can bring the nation together. we have heard them talk about this as a battle for the soul of the nation in the past, but this time, even the customs office somebody who would work both for republicans and for democrats and really that it is time to heal and work for a better america. he even drew on the words that lincoln himself used, so it was

quite a powerful address and reaction from washington has been for the positive, with some people you're saying it's one of his best addresses. you seen the response from twitter and facebook to at the president has been tweeting. has any insta nt president has been tweeting. has any instant pulling had been carried out in the last 2a hours about donald trump's return from hospital after such a brief stay? it is really interesting. there was a poll that came out in pennsylvania, southern pennsylvania. it took in a period that included some of the days since donald trump is diagnosed, and apple has donald trump, has donald trump trailing joe biden, sojoe biden ahead by up to ii trailing joe biden, sojoe biden ahead by up to 11 points. in pennsylvania, a key battle ground state. there've also been a number of other polls, michigan showing joe biden ahead nine points, and a number of poles both state—wide and

comment —— at state level nationwide, with joe biden leading, and they have been taken since donald trump has taken ill. lebo, thank you very much for now. in england, the number of people admitted to hospital with covid—i9 on one day has jumped by nearly a quarter. that is despite local restrictions which have been put in place to try to control the spread of the virus. it's a similar picture across parts of europe, where countries are using targeted lockdowns as a second wave of coronavirus approaches the continent. in england, manchester now has the highest rate of infections in the country, with just under 530 cases for every 100,000 people. households there are banned from mixing in homes and gardens. in madrid, the infection rate is around 700 people out of every 100,000. residents there aren't allowed to leave the area unless they have to make an essentialjourney. and paris — which today shut all bars completely after a rise in infections rates — is reporting 250 cases per 100,000 people.

danjohnson reports on the situation in greater manchester. in the student streets of fallowfield, the mood is darkening. there's growing concern here as case numbers rise, and there's more confusion as the layers of rules are built on. ian's lived here his whole life. we need to either be in lockdown or not in lockdown. we're either masked up, not masked up. one or the other, not half baked. a bit of this, six of one, half a dozen of the other, and basically nothing. all the people that live local said, "when the students come back, this is what's going to happen." we've got a second influx of it. i think we should go back to a proper lockdown again. but leaders of the worst—affected cities say they don't want another lockdown. their letter makes clear, they think the existing

restrictions aren't working, are confusing and counter—productive, and they've called for more shared decision—making. we're facing the worst of both worlds here. the infection rate is going up, the economy of our cities tanking, so we decided to come together and just really stress to government the message we've been putting across so many times — work with us locally. on our floor, i think seven or eight people got tested. all of them were positive. the university of manchester's seen more than 1,000 cases. adam and his flatmates have been isolating for ten days. what on earth do they expect us to all do? honestly, we're all young, we all want to have fun, we've had a pretty poor six months — what does he expect? a lot of us didn't have a choice. so, we were all put in this accommodation. and we were all going to get in the end. we now need to introduce a contain approach with the universities just to manage transmission over the next

three weeks, and then take additional measures if necessary. the council's been delivering letters to residents, saying that the return of university students has had an expected impact on the r number here, and there are leaflets reminding people they shouldn't be partying, but some voices here feel it's just too easy, to simple to blame the students when there are other things going on. i feel they have been duped and we have been duped, too. we all share the launderette, the supermarkets, public transport. inevitably, it will hit communities like ours, and we do have a higher number of vulnerable people, both socially deprived and people from the bame community, and elderly people as well. it's soul—destroying for us to see people leave here at ten o'clock, go to the local shop, buy a load of booze and then go to a house party. ben's built his bar business here based on student trade. we're down 60% on our revenue, and for me, the government either needs to shut us completely and give us full support or they

need to let us trade. if it carries on the way it is, we're not going to survive. the government says it's working hand—in—hand with local leaders, ramping up test and trace and supporting those in isolation. it's important to say not everywhere with students has problems and not everywhere with problems has students. but here, universities have announced they‘ re moving most courses online to try to suppress the virus. and other big cities are braced for their own case numbers to rise. danjohnson, bbc news, manchester. you're watching bbc news. let's catch up with some of the other headlines this hour. facebook has cracked down on qanon conspiracy groups which lend their support to president trump. facebook has classified content linked to qanon as "dangerous". it says it will remove posts from instagram as well. the moves steps up facebook‘s efforts to clamp down on misinformation campaigns, ahead of the us election. us secretary of state mike pompeo has lashed out at china at a meeting

of us regional allies in tokyo. speaking at the start of talks with his japanese, australian and indian counterparts, he called on them to unite against what he called china's "exploitation, corruption and coercion". and he accused the chinese communist party of a cover—up over the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. hurricane delta has strengthened to a category four storm as it approaches the eastern coast of mexico. residents along the gulf coast are bracing themselves and the emergency authorities are making last—minute preparations before delta makes landfall in the coming hours. hotels in the popular cancun resort have been told to evacuate guests. in an interview with the bbc, armenia's prime minister has told the bbc that ethnic armenians living in the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh are facing genocide. the two countries are clashing over the enclave,

which is officially part of azerbaijan but is run by ethnic armenians. the fighting between the two former soviet republics is the worst seen in decades and both countries blame each other for the violence. 0ur correspondentjonah fisher filed this report from yerevan. sirens ten days in, there is no sign of either armenia or azerbaijan easing up. in and around the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh, shells are falling on cities and on civilians. with people fleeing and having lost territory, armenia's prime minister is on the defensive. under international law, armenia has been illegally occupying nagorno—karabakh and the adjacent areas for more than 25 years. you can see why some people have very little sympathy for your plight... translation: that's not true. it is true. look at international law,

look at the un general assembly resolutions. translation: there is no such international law that you are citing. everyone is citing the un general assembly resolutions, but very few people, unfortunately, have read them. there isn't anything in it to say that armenia has occupied anything. that is not the case. there's very little armenia can do to stop nagorno—karabakh being targeted from the air. this weekend, we experienced first—hand the terror of shells landing randomly nearby. translation: you have come back from stepa na kert, and it's because you have seen today that the armenians in nagorno—karabakh are facing an existential threat. it is an existential threat, so the whole problem is, if the armed forces of azerbaijan succeed, it will mean a genocide of the armenians

in nagorno—karabakh. azerbaijan is carrying out this offensive with turkey's full backing — and today, the turkish foreign minister met the azeri president. no social distancing here. both men stated their determination to reclaim nagorno—karabakh. armenia's best bet for support is russia, but for now, moscow seems content to watch, as the fighting continues. jonah fisher, bbc news, yerevan. stay with us on bbc news. #jump! still to come: one of the world's most revered guitarists, eddie van halen, has died at 65. the rock and roll hall of famer was known for his distinctive guitar parts in hits including jump and panama.

this was a celebration by people who were relishing their freedom. they believe everything's going to be different from now on. they think their country will be respected in the world once more, as it used to be before slobodan milosevic took power. the dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet, has won this year's nobel peace prize. as the parade was reaching its climax, two grenades exploded, and a group of soldiersjumped from a military truck taking part in the parade and ran towards the president, firing from kalashnikov automatic rifles. after 437 years, the skeletal ribs of henry viii's tragic warship emerged. but even as divers worked to buoy herup, the mary rose went through another heart—stopping drop.

i want to be the people's governor. i want to represent everybody. i believe in the people of california. you're watching bbc news. our latest headlines: president trump walks away from negotiations over a multi—trillion—dollar covid relief deal to support the us economy. a sharp rise of new cases of coronavirus in some of the biggest cities in the north of england amid warnings the current covid restrictions are not working. now to bangladesh, where there had been fears that the coronavirus pandemic would devastate cox's bazar, where around a million rohingyas live in a crowded refugee camp. yet, five months after the camps first infection, the number of cases has remained surprisingly low — with only eight deaths from the virus. the work of refugee volunteers has been crucial in containing

the spread, as the bbc‘s iva na scatola reports. this is what fighting a pandemic looks like it in the world's largest refugee camp. translation: if you have a fever, cough or sore throat, don't be afraid. stay at home. doing their routes on foot, this team of refugee volunteers is on the front line against covid. the camp has been in lockdown since april, resulting in an 80% drop in the number of aid workers allowed inside, so it's refugees themselves who are filling the gap. translation: we go door-to-door, looking for sick people. those with a cough, fever or headache, we bring them to the health centre. some of them hide and

don't want to come. they're afraid, but i tell them not to worry and not to hide their symptoms. there are several isolation units in the camp, like this one run by us—bangladesh ngo the hope foundation. since the first case of the virus was detected here in may, numbers have remained remarkably low. less than 2% of people in the camps have been tested, but aid workers are encouraged by what seem to be low transmission rates. the mobilisation of refugees themselves has definitely had a very positive impact on the low numbers in the camps. at the beginning, we saw a lot of reluctance on the part of refugees to come forward for testing, probably due to fears and to rumours that were going around. so, since then, we've really increased communication with refugees through refugee volunteers.

for now at least, it seems cox's bazar, one of the most densely populated areas on the planet, has contained the virus, thanks in part to the work of the volunteers like zora. translation: i don't have anything to do here. we stay at home all day long. if we work as volunteers, at least we can go out and help keep our communities safe and clean. they know they have to remain vigilant, but they hope this camp can continue to beat the odds. ivana scatola, bbc news. eddie van halen, considered one of the greatest ever rock guitarists, has died aged 65. #jump! the co—founder and lead guitarist of van halen had been suffering from throat cancer. the band was a huge commercial success in the ‘70s and ‘80s, selling more than 80

million records worldwide. its single jump reached number one in the us charts. i'm joined now by kory grow, a musicjournalist from rolling stone, in new york. a sad day for millions of fans. one fellow musician once said there was hendricks and then there was an event halen. —— jimi hendricks and then there was an event halen. ——jimi hendrix. do you agree? yet. in terms of innovation and inspiring so many people, when you think of the people who want to play likejimi hendrix, that's the same number of people who want to play like at each. he taps the neck of the guitar in that new way. how radical was that at the time?m of the guitar in that new way. how radical was that at the time? it was something they be classical guitarist had done a little bit but it was not incorporated into any specific style. it was not ratified into a style the way that eddie did it at the time. etihad seenjimmy

page from led zeppelin do some pull off said one hand —— eddie had seen. he said, i can do that and i can do that with another hand, and it turned into this whole other thing, andi turned into this whole other thing, and i dare say that's eddie's guitar after he did that. eddie came from a musicalfamily, i after he did that. eddie came from a musical family, i think after he did that. eddie came from a musicalfamily, i think his after he did that. eddie came from a musical family, i think his father was a musician, and he trained at the piano. i have read somewhere he did not really read music that proficiently. is that true? was he just a natural performer with this innate sense of music? yes, absolutely. he just heard innate sense of music? yes, absolutely. hejust heard it innate sense of music? yes, absolutely. he just heard it and innate sense of music? yes, absolutely. hejust heard it and it came out of his fingers. he is one of those rare lucky people that can do that. did you know him? i did not know him, no. afterjump, their only number one, wasn't it? he really lived the rock and roll exiled to

the extreme, and you think he will be remembered as much for that as well? i think even before jump, they we re well? i think even before jump, they were the band. van halen were the band that made heavy metal fund. before that, heavy metal was serious and dark and they all had smiles on their faces when they did it. it was party music, you know? you could dance to it. it was a whole other style. it could be hard rock or heavy metal, whatever you want to call it, but they will be remembered, and eddie is a big part of that come at that image of making a good time. briefly, he died so young, didn't he, but he had been telling a very serious illness for a long time? yeah. and his family, they have kept it secret for a while. i think they wanted to keep it, they did not want people knowing so it, they did not want people knowing so much about it, but from what i understand, yeah, it was pretty bad.

kory grow, on eddie event halen, who has died at the age of 65 —— eddie van halen. that is it from us. we will be back with some headlines. hello there. many of us saw some rain at some point during the day on tuesday. there was some big puddles out and about on the road. for example, in the highlands of scotland with the wet weather here, and it wasn'tjust in scotland, the rain was pretty extensive and at its heaviest across northwest england, where in rochdale, in the greater manchester area, we picked up 42 mm of rain. that was the wettest place in the country. it did bring one or two localised issues. still a few showers at the moment, then a clearer slice of weather, but further out in the atlantic, the next lump of cloud is developing, and this will bring rain late in the day on wednesday across many areas. right now, we've got some rain across the northwest of scotland. that rain will be with us well

until wednesday to be honest. southwards, a few showers coming down through the irish sea, one or two of those might be picked up in northwest england, particularly around cumbria and north lancashire for a time. otherwise, a slice of sunny weather for northern ireland, wales, and western england. those sunny skies pushing eastwards as we go through the day. some reasonable weather and much more in the way of sunshine compared with tuesday. later in the day, we will see rain returning to northern ireland, wales and south west england, and along with the rain, it will turn increasingly windy from the southwest late in the day, gusts of about 40, 45 miles an hour or so around the coast and hills. that rain extends northwards, probably reaching southernmost areas of scotland for a time. certainly we're looking at a wet night wednesday night, and then the rain slowly clears away from eastern areas of england. a mixture of sunshine and showers follow from the north and west. it will begin to turn cooler across northwestern areas. temperature about 9 degrees in stornoway, 11 in glasgow. but perhaps around 17 degrees or so for a time in london.

that rain band should clear well to the south, but there is a small chance it could ripple its way back. either way, on friday, it looks like we will see a mixture of showers or some lengthier outbreaks of rain, so it is staying on the unsettled side, the air getting cooler for most of us, with temperatures dropping. highs 10 to 15 celsius. into the weekend, we will be greeted with a northerly blast coming down, and that will make you feel quite chilly if you're out and about. it will also bring showers down to some of our eastern coasts and into the north of scotland as well. not entirely dry. it will feel quite cool in those strong winds in the east.

this is bbc world news. the headlines: president trump has ended negotiations in congress — over a multi—trillion dollar stimulus package to help the us economy recover from the pandemic. a leading democrat says mr trump is putting himself first at the expense of the country. out on the campaign trailjoe biden offered a stark assessment of americas place in the world, telling voters that the nation is in a "dangerous place" and "the forces of darkness" are pulling the country down. in england, the number of people in hospital with covid—19 has risen by a quarter in just one day. in manchester, more than 500 people per 100,000 are thought to have the virus. the opposition in kyrgyzstan has seized power after violent protests against what it says was a rigged parliamentary election on sunday.